Railway-tie and fastener.



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APPLICATION FILED APR. 10. 1911.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. SHEATZLEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-TIE AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 10,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J orIN W. SHFHT'FZLEY, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailwayTies and Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railroading and more particularly to railway ties and fits teners.

The object of the invention is to provide a tie fastener of novel construct-ion and which will allow the rail to be adjusted atany time longitudinally of the tie.

Another object is to provide a fastenin", in combination with a specially constructed tie, which will have binding engagement against the sidesof the base portion of the rail, and, another object is to provide a fastening which will hzwe a binding and wedging engagement against the rail and which may be locked in said binding position.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the specification. I

In theaceompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a vertical lon itudinal section through the tie and the raiv fastener carried thereby, applied to a rail. Fig. 2 is a. sectional viewon the line 22 or Fig. 1, looking in the directionof the arrow. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1-, show- Fig. 5 is a cross sectional View on the line 55 of Fig. 4;. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 4. "Fig. 7 is a top plan view of Fig. -1. Fig. 8-is a view similar t0=Fig. 7, the rail-and fasteners being removed, and, Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of one of the bottom bolt locking plates.

Referring to t-he'drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the rail which rests upon the metallic plate 2 having fastener openings 3 and in- Patented Aug. 29, 1911. 191 Serial No. 620,115.

wardly and downwardly directed projecting portionsa, the lower ends of which rest upon the shoulders 5 of the tie 6, within the upper faceof which the plate 2 is seated.

The tie 6 is composed of a suitable composition and is reinforced by the wire mesh reinforcing material (preferably No. 7 wire, two-inch mesh), which is composed of the pieces 7 and 8. The tie O is usually formed by adding to any good strong cement, as- 'bestos, wood pulp and blast t'drnace cinder to render the material more elastic and ca pable of resisting'the shocks to which it is subjected instead of breaking, as composition ties often do. The piece 7 is preferably substantially U-shaped in cross section and extends from end to end of the tie.' It is positioned a spaced distance from the edge of the tie and conforms to the shape of the latter, the straight or horizontal portion eX- tending transversely of the tie near its up per surface. One of the pieces 8 is embed ded within the tie near the bottoni thereof. extending from end to end, the edges of said member touching the lower edges of the member 7. The other section 8 is embedded within the tie substantially midway of the first member 8 and the straight portion of the U-member, parallel with these two horizontal portions, the long edges of the second member 8 resting against theinnor sides of the depending arms of the U- lneinber 7.

Extending vertically through the tie 6 are the spaced slots 9, communicating at their. upper ends with the openings 3 of the plate 2, the upper ends of said s ots widening at their outer sides forming the shoulders 5, I previously mentioned, and the beveled per t-ions 10, against which rests the slanting portions ofthe downward extensions 4,.a-lso previously mentioned. The slots 9are pref erably elongated in cross section. The lower ends of the slots 9 communicate with square j recesses 11 in the lower surface of the tie 6, said recesses bein somewhat larger than the slots 9 and a apted to receive the square locking plates 12, which are provided with the openings 13 cominunicatm with the slots 9, and the roughened chfann s l liiz-fit" ""'l ight ziri" le to said openings 13, the purpose (if whicFr wi-Il'later appear. I

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7 I9" and fh'e 20 l mper h the amwmg the rail, to force the latter in thppposi-te direction. Thebloeks1-8', :i-fter this sid'ustmerit,- will: bind'inglyenggge' the ides 0 I the KOORW rai Pba-se' the same as" W'Hefifihez'r former 1 beapp" an means for adjusting said bindin blocks to name? to this specifigabion in the presence of bindingly engage the sides ofsai rail when t 0 subscpibj/ngwifine'sses. the latter is adilusted longitudinail' of said tie, and interc angeable wedg bbcks be- JOHN SHEATZLEY' 5 tween saidbinding block and said bearing Wtnesses:

block, Y W CHARLES SLAGLE, In testimony whereof I h fve signed my BLANCHE A.W1ps01-r. 

